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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 676233, member: 2844"]True, but in colonial times people would also take gold or silver to a jeweller to be made into whatever they wanted. Not saying that was the case here, this could have been a larger scale production line made in Birmingham. </p><p>I have a ca 9k antique Malaysian gold item, and Malaysia was also tiger hunting territory.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely, and there is nothing that indicates a commemorative piece of jewellery. Just commemorative of hunting glass tigers.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, that adds to the realism. In fact I studied the seller's photos very closely to make sure it wasn't real. It was difficult to see, the brooch was filthy with dirt stuck in all the little roundels, but then I saw the two claws were actually one piece. So I gave myself the go ahead.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 676233, member: 2844"]True, but in colonial times people would also take gold or silver to a jeweller to be made into whatever they wanted. Not saying that was the case here, this could have been a larger scale production line made in Birmingham. I have a ca 9k antique Malaysian gold item, and Malaysia was also tiger hunting territory.:( Absolutely, and there is nothing that indicates a commemorative piece of jewellery. Just commemorative of hunting glass tigers.:playful: Yes, that adds to the realism. In fact I studied the seller's photos very closely to make sure it wasn't real. It was difficult to see, the brooch was filthy with dirt stuck in all the little roundels, but then I saw the two claws were actually one piece. So I gave myself the go ahead.:)[/QUOTE]
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